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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Watson Studio

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIBM Watson Studio enables users to build, run and manage AI models, and optimize decisions at scale across any cloud. IBM Watson Studio enables users can operationalize AI anywhere as part of IBM Cloud Pak® for Data, the IBM data and AI platform. The vendor states the solution simplifies AI lifecycle management and accelerates time to value with an open, flexible multicloud architecture.N/A

    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft R Open and Revolution R Enterprise are big data R distribution for servers, Hadoop clusters, and data warehouses. Microsoft acquired original developer Revolution Analytics in 2016. Microsoft R is available in two editions: Microsoft R Open (formerly Revolution R Open) and Revolution R Enterprise.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Watson StudioMicrosoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Watson StudioMicrosoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM Watson Studio
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    IBM Watson StudioMicrosoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    Platform Connectivity
    Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    8.1
    22 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    5.3
    3 Ratings
    45% below category average
    Connect to Multiple Data Sources8.022 Ratings6.13 Ratings
    Extend Existing Data Sources8.022 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Automatic Data Format Detection10.021 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    MDM Integration6.414 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Data Exploration
    Comparison of Data Exploration features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Visualization10.022 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Interactive Data Analysis10.022 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    9.5
    22 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    4.8
    3 Ratings
    52% below category average
    Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment10.022 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Data Transformations10.021 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Data Encryption8.020 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Built-in Processors10.021 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Platform Data Modeling
    Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    9.5
    22 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools10.021 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Automated Machine Learning10.022 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Single platform for multiple model development10.022 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Self-Service Model Delivery8.020 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Model Deployment
    Comparison of Model Deployment features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    8.0
    22 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    6.5
    2 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Flexible Model Publishing Options9.022 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Security, Governance, and Cost Controls7.022 Ratings6.92 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Watson StudioMicrosoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (65 ratings)
    6.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Watson StudioMicrosoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    It has a lot of features that are good for teams working on large-scale projects and continuously developing and reiterating their data project models. Really helpful when dealing with large data. It is a kind of one-stop solution for all data science tasks like visualization, cleaning, analyzing data, and developing models but small teams might find a lot of features unuseful.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    If you are a MS shop specifically, or have more generic data requirement needs from Microsoft sourced data this will work well. If you have a lot of disparate data across a number of unique platforms/cloud systems/3rd party hosted data warehouses then this product will have issues or a lack of documentation on the net. Performance-wise this product is equal to other R platforms out there.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Integration of IBM Watson APIs such as speech to text, image recognition, personality insights, etc.
    • SPSS modeler and neural network model provide no-code environments for data scientists to build pipelines quickly.
    • Enforced best-practices set up POCs for deployment in production with a minimum of re-work.
    • Estimator validation lets data scientists test and prove different models.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • It allows distributed algorithm runs on Hadoop HDFS cluster
    • It allows using different file formats such as SAS7BAT files or complex files in tab or comma delimited making data munging easier
    • It provides scalable solutions by allowing users to re-use R scripts and distributing the computing over nodes through RHadoop
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    Cons
    IBM
    • The cost is steep and so only companies with resources can afford it
    • It will be nice to have Chinese versions so that Chinese engineers can also use it easily
    • It takes a while to learn how to input different kinds of skin defects for detection
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Very steep learning curve... for such a quick and useful tool the learning curve is unacceptable.
    • Very dangerous in the wrong hands. Because most add-ons are pre-written, you have to trust the community that malicious script is not used.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    because we find out that DSX results have improved our approach to the whole subject (data, models, procedures)
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    In general, Revolution Analytics brings a lot of value to the organization. The renewal decision would be based on return on investment in terms of quantified actionable insights that are getting generated against the cost of the product. Additionally, market brand of the tool and reputation risk in terms of possible acquisition and its impact to overall organizational analytic strategy would be considered as well.
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    Usability
    IBM
    The UI flawlessly merges this offering by providing a neat, minimal, responsive interface
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    It is good, easy to use, improvements are being made to the product and more info being shared in the community. It just needs some more time to become more integrated to other platforms and tools/data out there.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
    From time to time there are services unavailable, but we have been always informed before and they got back to work sooner than expected
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    IBM
    Never had slow response even on our very busy network
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    IBM
    I received answers mostly at once and got answered even further my question: they gave me interesting points of view and suggestion for deepening in the learning path
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Generally support comes through the forums and user generated channels which are helpful, easy to access, quickly turned around and provided by knowledgeable users. However the support channels are not employees and the channels are often used as a way to learn quick difficult elements of R. Better design, users interface and tutorial options would alleviate the need for this sort of interaction.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    IBM
    The trainers on the job are very smart with solutions and very able in teaching
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    IBM
    The Platform is very handy and suggests further steps according my previous interests
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    It surprised us with unpredictable case of use and brand new points of view
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    The main reason I personally changed over from Azure ML Studio is because it lacked any support for significant custom modelling with packages and services such as TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit and Spark ML. IBM Watson Studio provides these services and does so in a well integrated and easy to use fashion making it a preferable service over the other services that I have personally used.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    The two are different products for different purposes. But for someone who has little or no experience in R programming, Power BI would be better for starting with. Having said that, Microsoft R is built on R, thus allowing for customization of complex calculations not typically available otherwise.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    IBM
    It helped us in getting from 0 to DSX without getting lost
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Could instantly show data driven insights to drive 20% incremental revenue over existing results
    • Still don't have a real use case for unstructured data like twitter feed
    • Some of the insights around user actions have driven new projects to automate mundane tasks
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Helped save company money versus buying other stat software
    Incentivized
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